Mr. Speaker, the government plans to close the Quebec City marine rescue sub-centre and split the province down the middle, entrusting the western part to the centre in Trenton and the eastern part to the centre in Halifax, despite the safety problems caused by distance and the agents' questionable grasp of French. It is absurd and offensive and puts lives at risk.
Will the Minister of Veterans Affairs, who refuses to listen to common sense, at least listen to the members of his own Conservative association in Lévis-Bellechasse and join them in opposing his government's absurd decision?